The tango is the dance of the people, born from the heart. In this exhilarating production Neel Verdoorn explores the world of the tango, inspired by the music of the legendary pianist, composer, arranger and orchestra director Osvaldo Pugliese. The…
In the dance performance Crazy Blues the Internationaal Danstheater, along with choreographer Neel Verdoorn and composer/musical director Micha Molthoff, honours the beautiful repertoire of the Blueswomen in particular and the Blues in general. The dancers of the Internationaal Danstheater are…
The DoelenEnsemble based in Rotterdam and Internationaal Danstheater based in Amsterdam are joining forces in a sensational programme featuring the Silent Songs of composer Valentin Silvestrov and the piano piece Natalon by Simeon ten Holt. Both inspired choreographer Neel Verdoorn…
During the Roaring Twenties, musical life burst out in New York. Hundreds if not thousands of musicians composed new melodies, songs and tunes, which were performed on pianos in Tin Pan Alley; these pianos, often not tuned, sounded as if…
With her fascination of the music of Osvaldo Pugliese choreographer Neel Verdoorn takes the Argentine dance as the basis for a performance in which she plays with the style characteristics of the tango in the modern dance idiom. Hasta el…
After the first collaboration in the performance Silent Songs, Neel Verdoorn, the Internationaal Danstheater and the Doelen Ensemble in Rotterdam are collaborating again in Hopper, a performance about the work of painter Edward Hopper. Maarten van Veen, programme developer in De…